Tri County News

There were 5,459 students enrolled in Preble County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.7% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Boys made up 51.3% of the county's student body, while the other 48.7% were girls.

Data also showed that white, Non-Hispanic students made up 94.4% of the student body, the largest percentage in Preble County schools, followed by multiracial students with 2.1% and 0.4% Hispanic students.

Preble Shawnee Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Preble County's 16 schools in the 2022-23 cycle, welcoming 525 students.

In 2022, Ohio saw an average student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 1:15, which is an improvement for the state and is lower than the national average of 1:16.

Despite the apparent improvement, this positive trend is overshadowed by a general decline in public school enrollments, which was accelerated by the pandemic. This decline, aligned with the steady number of teachers in the state over the last 10 years, has led to low student-to-teacher ratios.

School name	Total enrollment in 2021-22	Total enrollment in 2022-23	% change
Preble Shawnee Elementary School	524	525	0.2
Eaton High School	508	506	-0.4
Twin Valley South Elementary School	421	447	6.2
Hollingsworth East Elementary School	435	426	-2.1
William Bruce Elementary School	412	423	2.7
Eaton Middle School	437	416	-4.8
Preble Shawnee Middle School	398	414	4
Preble Shawnee High School High School	371	393	5.9
National Trail Elementary School	345	352	2
Tri-County North Elementary School	279	303	8.6
National Trail Middle School	300	289	-3.7
National Trail High School	252	242	-4
Tri-County North Middle School	204	213	4.4
Tri-County North High School	223	211	-5.4
Twin Valley South High School	201	192	-4.5
Twin Valley South Middle School	113	107	-5.3